Rewind | Kentucky 65, Wichita State 62 – The Courier

Kentucky’s John Calipari tells his group “Don’t be fearful to lose,” he said. “Don’t be fearful to skip shots. Don’t be fearful to be aggressive. Go for it. Play to win. Don’t consider of anything else. Forget about score. Just keep personification to win. If that’s not good enough, it’s been a heck of a season.”(Photo: Matt Stone/C-J)Buy Photo

INDIANAPOLIS — After a muted display in a Friday NCAA Tournament opener, No. 2 seed Kentucky will demeanour to make a matter Sunday in a diversion many pundits have forked to as a probable dissapoint for No. 10 seed Wichita State.

The diversion outlines a rematch of a 2014 second-round classical that saw and eight-seed Kentucky group finish Wichita State’s ideal deteriorate in St. Louis. If a second assembly matches a hype, we could be in store for one of a many sparkling games of a tournament. Follow along here for updates from Courier-Journal UK kick writers Jon Hale and Fletcher Page during Bankers Life Fieldhouse and make certain to follow them on Twitter (@JonHale_CJ and @Fletcher Page) for some-more updates from a arena.

FINAL: Kentucky 65, Wichita State 62

Malik Monk blocked a 3 from Markis McDuffie with 13 seconds left afterwards strike both giveaway throws to give UK a three-point lead. Bam Adebayo afterwards blocked a 3 during a buzzer to safety a win.

UK 63, Wichita State 62 (55.7, 2H): Quite a finish coming. Both teams only throwing hay-makers now. Malik Monk nailed a prolonged 3, though Zach Brown answered with his own. De’Aaron Fox blew by his defender for a howling dunk, though Landy Shamet strike another 3. It’s now a one-point game. UK starters on a court.

UK 58, Wichita State 51 (4:01, 2H): Momentum with a Cats now after De’Aaron Fox grabs a steal, throws down a transition asperse and afterwards army a timeout on a inbounds play. UK has strike a final 3 margin goals. Fox is adult to 12 points. Bam Adebayo has his second uninterrupted NCAA Tournament double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Both teams have converted 11 margin goals in a second half, and Wichita State indeed has one some-more 3-pointer than Kentucky, though Cats have an 8-2 advantage in giveaway throws in a second half. UK only 10 for 16 during a line in a diversion and will need to strike some down a widen here.

UK 48, Wichita State 44 (7:46, 2H): A Derek Willis 3-pointer has given UK a smallest volume of respirating room, as this one is moulding adult for another stirring finish between dual programs that played a classical in a second turn in 2014. Level of play has been most aloft in a second half. Neither group ideal by any stretch, though both sides creation plays now. Willis has 9 points and 7 rebounds to lead UK. De’Aaron Fox also has 9 points. Bam Adebayo was delayed to get adult after a tainted underneath a basket that stopped play, though did make his approach to a throng though any assistance and appears to be staying in.

Wichita State 41, UK 41 (11:44, 2H): Kentucky quickly non-stop adult a three-point interjection to a 7-0 run, though a well-time Gregg Marshall timeout has seemed to delayed a waves and forestall a throng from removing behind into this game. Since that timeout, Wichita State has scored twice and singular UK to a Derek Willis giveaway throw. Bam Adebayo carrying another clever diversion with 8 points and 8 rebounds. Malik Monk has uncover a integrate signs of life recently too and is adult to 7 points on 2-of-6 shooting. Both teams sharpened 50 percent in a second half.

Wichita State 37, UK 36 (15:41, 2H): After some deplorable sharpened in a initial half, a dual teams are a total 9 for 15 (60 percent) given intermission. De’Aaron Fox is adult to 7 points and one support though is 3 for 9 from a margin and only picked adult his second tainted on a argumentative call nearby midcourt that UK fans wanted called a assign as Fox practical full-court pressure. Bam Adebayo has 6 points and 7 rebounds. Shaquille Morris leads Wichita State with 10 points and 5 boards.(Make certain we check out a print next from a CJ’s Sam Upshaw of a issue of Morris’ retard of Fox in a initial half)

HALFTIME: Kentucky 26, Wichita State 24

Wichita State 22, UK 21 (2:03, 1H): This diversion is positively tighten and has already featured 6 lead changes, though no one is going to upset it with a turn of play from a 2014 second-rounder. Wichita State is now 9 for 31 from a field. UK is 9 for 26. Wenyen Gabriel is 0 for 5 himself and somehow has some-more than twice as many shots as Malik Monk. Derek Willis was during a scorer’s list for a prolonged time watchful for a passed round to reinstate Gabriel. Calipari seemed to grow some-more indignant with each miss, and we have to consternation how most we’ll see of Gabriel from here on out.

UK 17, Wichita State 16 (5:55, 1H): Cats led by as many as 6 points, though both teams have now missed their final 4 shots and seem to be descending in adore with a 3 regardless of a low success rate. Wichita State is 3 for 10 from 3-point range. UK is 3 for 9. Dominique Hawkins has one of those creates and now has 7 points. Looks like a starters will be behind in when play resumes after a prolonged method though a blocking and a backups in. Wichita State is 6 for 24 from a field. UK is 7 for 20.

UK 8, Wichita State 6 (11:27, 1H): Don’t consider many people approaching to see De’Aaron Fox personification alongside Dominique Hawkins, Mychal Mulder, Wenyen Gabriel and Isaac Humphries this early, though that’s a lineup John Calipari used for most of a new shred of play and it indeed worked. Hawkins has 4 early points. Humphries has a integrate of rebounds and kept one UK possession alive with an descent house that Fox converted into a prolonged jumper. Gabriel also has dual play though is 0 for 3 from a margin and will be transposed by Derek Willis after a timeout. Isaiah Briscoe, who spend some time carrying an ankle retaped on a bench, will also lapse in place of Fox.

Wichita State 6, UK 4 (14:29, 1H): Both teams cold early, mixing to skip their initial 5 shots before Zach Brown strike 1 of 2 giveaway throws for a Shockers and Dominique Hawkins got UK on a house with a floater in a lane. Wichita State is now 2 for 10. UK is 2 for 6. We’re goign to get an early Mychal Mulder sighting after a passed ball. He’s entrance in for Malik Monk, who does have dual early points. De’Aaron Fox is 0 for 3 from a margin so far. Wichita State has an early 8-4 advantage in rebounds.